diff --git a/poetry.lock b/poetry.lock
index 3d05ffb..0346137 100644
--- a/poetry.lock
+++ b/poetry.lock
@@ -1836,6 +1836,21 @@ psutil = ["psutil (>=3.0)"]
 setproctitle = ["setproctitle"]
 testing = ["filelock"]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "python-dotenv"
+version = "1.2.1"
+description = "Read key-value pairs from a .env file and set them as environment variables"
+optional = false
+python-versions = ">=3.9"
+groups = ["main"]
+files = [
+    {file = "python_dotenv-1.2.1-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:b81ee9561e9ca4004139c6cbba3a238c32b03e4894671e181b671e8cb8425d61"},
+    {file = "python_dotenv-1.2.1.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:42667e897e16ab0d66954af0e60a9caa94f0fd4ecf3aaf6d2d260eec1aa36ad6"},
+]
+
+[package.extras]
+cli = ["click (>=5.0)"]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "pyyaml"
 version = "6.0.3"
@@ -2932,4 +2947,4 @@ type = ["pytest-mypy"]
 [metadata]
 lock-version = "2.1"
 python-versions = ">=3.10,<3.15"
-content-hash = "a5a521d6a0455be5561daf39869646431a1877dbc8bc9dbc28eedb46f8a53ba7"
+content-hash = "914eca918159def95f38d1366b6ba0a8146d7fa904b4df45becfbe5745ff8bc2"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index cabd0bf..360c72f 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "omegaconf (>=2.3.0,<3.0.0)",
     "safetensors (>=0.4.0,<0.5.0)",
     "requests (>=2.32.0,<3.0.0)",
+    "python-dotenv (>=1.2.1,<2.0.0)",
 ]
 
 [tool.poetry]
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 6743bb1..55507d1 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ omegaconf==2.3.0 ; python_version >= "3.10" and python_version < "3.15"
 packaging==25.0 ; python_version >= "3.10" and python_version < "3.15"
 pillow==12.0.0 ; python_version >= "3.10" and python_version < "3.15"
 psutil==7.1.2 ; python_version >= "3.10" and python_version < "3.15"
+python-dotenv==1.2.1 ; python_version >= "3.10" and python_version < "3.15"
 pyyaml==6.0.3 ; python_version >= "3.10" and python_version < "3.15"
 regex==2025.10.23 ; python_version >= "3.10" and python_version < "3.15"
 requests==2.32.5 ; python_version >= "3.10" and python_version < "3.15"